πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core MP.1
🚀 Challenge puzzles
Make sense of problems and keep at them (puzzles that need thinking, not a known method)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1One 🍊 weighs the same as 2 🍎. The scale balances. How much does one 🍎 weigh?
Answer: ______________
2Nora spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $5 on a snack. Now there is $7 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
3One 🍌 weighs the same as 2 🍎. The scale balances. How much does one 🍎 weigh?
Answer: ______________
4One 🍊 weighs the same as 2 🍐. The scale balances. How much does one 🍐 weigh?
Answer: ______________
5One 🍓 weighs the same as 2 🍊. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
Answer: ______________
64 friends stand in a line for a photo. How many different orders can they stand in?
Answer: ______________ orders
7One 🍎 weighs the same as 3 🍓. The scale balances. How much does one 🍎 weigh?
Answer: ______________
8One 🍌 weighs the same as 2 🍓. The scale balances. How much does one 🍓 weigh?
Answer: ______________
9Mei spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $8 on a snack. Now there is $6 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
10One 🍎 weighs the same as 2 🍊. The scale balances. How much does one 🍎 weigh?
Answer: ______________
11Kai spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $4 on a snack. Now there is $7 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
12In a magic square, every row, column, and diagonal makes the same total. What total does each line make?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 8
- 2. 24 dollars
- 3. 6
- 4. 5
- 5. 8
- 6. 24 orders
- 7. 21
- 8. 7
- 9. 28 dollars
- 10. 14
- 11. 22 dollars
- 12. 27
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